README.md

Rufus

Rufus is a programming language for people that build and operate fault tolerant systems.

module main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello, world!")
}

Primitive types:

transport atom = :bicycle
truthy bool = true
answer int = 42
pi float = 3.14159265359
greeting string = "Hello, world!"

Constants:

const Pi = 3.14159265359

Collection types:

list[int]
empty = list[int]{}
numbers = list[int]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
list[int]{head|tail} = numbers

map[atom]string
empty = map[atom]string{}
alice = map[atom]string{:name => "Alice", :age => "34"}

set[int]
empty = set[int]{}
primes = set[int]{2, 3, 5, 7}

tuple[string,int]
alice = tuple[string,int]{"Alice", 34}

type Person tuple[string,int]
alice = Person{"Alice", 34}

type Person struct {
    Name string
    Age  int
}
alice = Person{Name => "Alice", Age => 34}
fmt.Printf("%s is age %d", [alice.Name, alice.Age])

Function types:

func Echo(text string) string {
    text
}

Higher order functions:

func Map(items list[int], fn func(int) int) list[int] {
    mapOver(list[int]{}, items, fn)
}

func mapOver(acc list[int], list[int]{head|tail}, fn func(int) int) list[int] {
    map(list[int]{fn(head)|acc}, tail, fn)
}
func mapOver(acc list[int], list[int]{}, func(int) int) list[int] {
    List.Reverse(acc)
}

Anonymous function with multiple heads:

fn = func {
match (int) int ->
    // ...
match (string) string ->
    // ...
}

Named tuple:

type Point tuple[X int, Y int, Z int]

point = Point{X => 2, Y => 5, Z => -1}
point.X = 2

Anonymous union type:

func Teleport(point Point) :ok | Error {
    // ...
}

Named union type:

type Outcome :ok | Error

func Teleport(point Point) Outcome {
    // ...
}

Pattern match expression:

point = Point{X => 3, Y => -6, Z => 13}
case Teleport(point) {
match :ok ->
    // ...
match err error.T ->
    // ...
}

Modules and imports:

module server

import (
    "log"
    "github.com/rufus-lang/echo"
)

Generics:

func Map(items list[T?], fn func(T?) T?) list[T?] {
    mapOver(list[T?]{}, items, fn)
}

func mapOver(acc list[T?], list[T?]{head|tail}, fn func(T?) T?) list[T?] {
    mapOver(list[T?]{fn(head)|acc}, tail, fn)
}
func mapOver(acc list[T?], list[T?]{}, func(T?) T?) list[T?] {
    List.Reverse(acc)
}

The first type that binds to T? is substitued everywhere T? is mentioned.

Error handling:

file = os.OpenFile("/path/to/file")
try {
    // ...
} catch os.ReadError {
    // ...
} after {
    os.CloseFile(file)
}

try {
    os.OpenFile("/path/to/file")
} catch {
match os.FileNotFound ->
    // ...
match RuntimeError ->
    // ...
}

file = os.OpenFile("/path/to/file")
try {
    // ...
} after {
    os.CloseFile(file)
}